The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption

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The Shawshank Redemption

Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, Mark Rolston, James Whitmore, Larry Brandenburg, Neil Giuntoli, Brian Libby, David Proval, Joseph Ragno

Andy Dufresne, a mild mannered New England banker, is convicted of murdering his wife and her lover. Despised at first by the other inmates because of his introverted manner, Andy slowly forges an unl...( read more  read more... )ikely friendship with Red, a seasoned lifer and his gang. Soon, Andy also becomes popular with the prison guards, including the vicious Captain Hadley who offers him protection against the jail's rougher convicts in exchange for financial counseling. The prison warden also takes advantage of Andy's banking knowledge by exchanging privileges for creative bookkeeping. Over a twenty year period, Andy is able to maintain his sanity and dignity in prison not by physical force but by mental force. His smarts and confidence keep him going and he is able to teach the other prisoners that hope is the ultimate means of survival.

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  • ogerre225
    November 28, 2009
    ogerre225
    Fulfilling.
  • irisheyes686
    November 8, 2009
    irisheyes686
    This movie was really good! I kept getting distracted during it, and I'll have to watch it again sometime, but I liked it.
  • xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    October 4, 2009
    xXxHarleyxQuinnxXx
    This is TOP NOTCH CINEMA! see this movie! excelent! All the actors were spot on. Tim Robbins was interesting because you cant really tell what he is thinking about wich greatly added to his character...he was great!
  • SirPant
    September 15, 2009
    SirPant
    The Shawshank Redemption is the ultimate feel good film. Everything from the performances to the music is just perfect. It's not particularly original, it's stolen ideas from nearly every prison break film there is, but it doesn't matter, The Shawshank Redemption is beautiful and...( read more) never gets boring. Brilliant!
  • stopitgoaway
    July 27, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    In this review I'm not going to give a plot synopsis of this film because I'm sure everybody else who has commented on it has. However, I will express the positive effect it can have on the viewer if they let it.

    The acting is uncommonly magnificent. Morgan Freeman delivers the ...( read more)greatest performance of his brilliant career as the seasoned life-serving prisoner Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, Tim Robbins holds his own against Freeman as Andy, the central character, James Whitmore's portrayal of the institutionalized Brooks provides the backbone of the story, Bob Gunton is wonderful as the corrupt Warden Norton, and Clancy Brown's commanding performance as Captain Hadley, the sadistic head prison guard, almost makes him steal the show from Freeman.

    Frank Darabont's restrained direction of the delicate story is critical for the film to not become sentimental or clichéd, and his beautiful adaptation of the Stephen King story on which the movie is based is a real breath of fresh air. On account of Darabont, the film shows that special effects are not needed to tell a great story in film. As a teenager, I love special effects movies as much as the next person, but they get boring after a while. Plus many people forget that there was a time in cinema when the blockbuster didn't exist, when they made movies that just told great stories and gave the audience a chance to be uplifted by those stories without the creators having to resort to special effects. I applaud you for having the guts to make a non-commercial film that reminds people of that in this day and age, Mr. Darabont.

    SPOILER ALERT!

    As with all truly great films, 'The Shawshank Redemption' is full of scenes that have become entrenched in the public's collective consciousness. There's the scene where Andy plays the opera record over the loudspeaker for all the inmates in the prison, Captain Hadley bashing "Fat @$$" to death for crying during his first night in prison (a very powerful scene), Red giving his "Rehabilitated?" speech to the board of parole officials, the Warden getting his final judgement, and of course, Andy crawling to freedom through what Red in his narration calls "500 yards of s**t-smelling foulness I can't even imagine,", the scene which for me is perhaps the greatest movie scene of the '90s.

    END OF SPOILERS!

    I thoroughly recommend this cinematic masterpiece, which has earned its place in my humble top ten films of all time list, to anybody. Whatever gender, age, religion, nationality etc. you are and whatever language you speak, I guarantee it will change your life, or perhaps even save it. Movies like 'The Shawshank Redemption' only come along once every decade, if that. Unforgettable.
  • beccimoo
    December 9, 2009
    beccimoo
    Absolute classic. Definitely in my top 10
  • theseeress
    December 8, 2009
    theseeress
    really good. it seemed like it could be a true story but its stephen king
  • alvarogonzalez1975
    December 7, 2009
    alvarogonzalez1975
    Una obra maestra. El que no la tenga no le gusta el cine.
  • molasseshunginrent
    December 6, 2009
    molasseshunginrent
    Maybe I've missed some symbolic jesus-ish understanding, but is it just me or is this movie a little overrated? Good prison break and all.
  • RobertDowneyJrLookALike
    December 4, 2009
    RobertDowneyJrLookALike
    Genius! Absolutely genius! Everything about the movie shows how we as a society are no different than the society of prison. The escape? Unbelievable!
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